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enIn 'Disaster City,' Learning To Use Robots To Face Ebolahttp://wkar.org/post/disaster-city-learning-use-robots-face-ebola
About three hours southeast of Dallas, there's a city that's been hit by almost every disaster you could imagine including earthquakes, hurricanes and even bombs.Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:46:00 +0000Lauren Silverman62762 at http://wkar.orgIn 'Disaster City,' Learning To Use Robots To Face EbolaFDA Cracks Down On Fake Ebola Cures Sold Onlinehttp://wkar.org/post/fda-cracks-down-fake-ebola-cures-sold-online
Snake venom, vitamin C, Nano Silver and herbs have all been pitched online as a treatment or cure for Ebola. None has the backing of the FDA.<p>"Unfortunately during public health threats such as Ebola, fraudulent products that claim to prevent, treat, cure disease often appear on the market almost overnight," says Gary Coody, the FDA's national health fraud coordinator. In particular, the FDA wants consumers to <a href="http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm410086.htm">beware Ebola "cures"</a> peddled online.<p>The problem isn't just that such products are worthless.Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:31:00 +0000Lauren Silverman61151 at http://wkar.orgFDA Cracks Down On Fake Ebola Cures Sold OnlineAirline Social Media 'Command Centers' Direct Complaint Traffichttp://wkar.org/post/airline-social-media-command-centers-direct-complaint-traffic
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Airline+Social+Media+%27Command+Centers%27+Direct+Complaint+Traffic&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA4MjMxOTIyMDEzMTcxNjAzMzFmMjBhZQ001)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: <p>Flight running late? Wondering what happened to your lost luggage? Instead of waiting in line for information you might want to take out your phone and send a tweet or Facebook message.Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:33:00 +0000Lauren Silverman59383 at http://wkar.orgOne Wealthy Couple's Mission To Save Marriages, En Massehttp://wkar.org/post/one-wealthy-couples-mission-save-marriages-en-masse
At a church in South Dallas, in one of the poorest parts of town, the room is packed with hundreds of couples. They're sitting, holding hands and staring into each other's eyes.<p>Their hosts, multi-millionaire couple Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, are on a mission: to save marriages. They're trying to saturate the city with relationship counseling at workshops like this one, aiming to reach couples who wouldn't or couldn't otherwise afford to attend conventional marriage counseling.<p>Harville Hendrix is working the crowd, joking and trying to ease the tension.Sat, 31 May 2014 11:46:00 +0000Lauren Silverman54533 at http://wkar.orgOne Wealthy Couple's Mission To Save Marriages, En MasseNew Heat Treatment Has Changed Lives For Some With Severe Asthmahttp://wkar.org/post/some-asthma-patients-heat-treatment-tames-symptoms
If you've ever tried to drink something through one of those little red coffee stirrers instead of a full-sized straw, you know what it's like to breathe with asthma.<p>Twenty-five million Americans have been diagnosed with <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asthma.html">asthma</a>.Mon, 10 Feb 2014 08:22:00 +0000Lauren Silverman49150 at http://wkar.orgNew Heat Treatment Has Changed Lives For Some With Severe AsthmaLife-Support Battle Over Pregnant Texas Woman Heads To Courthttp://wkar.org/post/life-support-battle-over-pregnant-texas-woman-court-friday
The case of the Texas woman, 22 weeks pregnant and being kept on life-support machines at a Forth Worth hospital against her husband's wishes, goes before a judge in North Texas on Friday.<p>Marlise Munoz has been on respirators and ventilators since she was found unconscious in her home in November, when she was 14 weeks pregnant.<p>Her family says it has medical evidence that she's brain-dead.Fri, 24 Jan 2014 08:42:00 +0000Lauren Silverman48367 at http://wkar.orgLife-Support Battle Over Pregnant Texas Woman Heads To CourtIn These Gyms, Nobody Cares How You Look In Yoga Pantshttp://wkar.org/post/these-gyms-nobody-cares-how-you-look-yoga-pants
If you want to lift weights or use the treadmill at Downsize Fitness, you have to be at least 50 pounds overweight.<p>Kendall Schrantz is a fan – and a member.<p>The 24-year-old has struggled with her weight since she was in the second grade. The looks she got at other gyms made her uncomfortable.<p>But now she drives more than an hour to Downsize Fitness in Fort Worth three times a week, just to exercise.<p>"It's worth every single penny I paid for gas," she said.Mon, 20 Jan 2014 08:28:00 +0000Lauren Silverman48180 at http://wkar.orgIn These Gyms, Nobody Cares How You Look In Yoga PantsTexas Megachurch At Center Of Measles Outbreakhttp://wkar.org/post/texas-megachurch-center-measles-outbreak
Measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. more than a decade ago. But in recent years, the highly infectious disease has cropped up in communities with low vaccination rates, most recently in North Texas.<p>There, 21 people — the majority of whom have not been immunized — have gotten the disease, which began at a vaccine-skeptical megachurch.<p>The outbreak began when a man who contracted the virus on a recent trip to Indonesia visited the Eagle Mountain International Church in Newark, about an hour and a half northwest of Dallas.<p>Earlier this week, crowds flooded in for regular services.Sun, 01 Sep 2013 12:17:00 +0000Lauren Silverman41631 at http://wkar.orgTexas Megachurch At Center Of Measles OutbreakHow The Death Of A 12-Year-Old Changed The City Of Dallashttp://wkar.org/post/how-death-12-year-old-changed-city-dallas
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzfJ_O8ij2A</p>Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:29:00 +0000Lauren Silverman39662 at http://wkar.orgHow The Death Of A 12-Year-Old Changed The City Of DallasMoto X: First Smartphone To Be Assembled In U.S.http://wkar.org/post/moto-x-first-smartphone-be-assembled-us
Transcript <p>RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: <p>Now let's go to Texas for another follow-up - where Motorola Mobility's new smartphone, Moto X, is set to become the first smartphone ever assembled in the U.S.<p>As Lauren Silverman of member station KERA reports, the Google-owned company has already begun hiring for its new plant in Fort Worth.<p>LAURA SILVERMAN, BYLINE: There are more than 130 million smartphones in the U.S. But none of them say assembled in the USA.Fri, 31 May 2013 09:57:00 +0000Lauren Silverman36764 at http://wkar.orgAt Bush Library, A Chance To Become The Decider-In-Chiefhttp://wkar.org/post/bush-library-chance-become-decider-chief
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abXiVNRa6vw</p>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:34:00 +0000Lauren Silverman34950 at http://wkar.orgAt Bush Library, A Chance To Become The Decider-In-ChiefYoung Adults With Autism Can Thrive In High-Tech Jobshttp://wkar.org/post/young-adults-autism-can-thrive-high-tech-jobs
The job hunt is complicated enough for most high school and college graduates — and even tougher for the growing number of young people on the autism spectrum. Despite the obstacles that people with autism face trying to find work, there's a natural landing place: the tech industry.<p>Amelia Schabel graduated from high school five years ago. She had good grades and enrolled in community college. But it was too stressful.Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:26:00 +0000Lauren Silverman34632 at http://wkar.orgYoung Adults With Autism Can Thrive In High-Tech Jobs